Starting and lighting system.



I. 0. HEINZE.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I; ISIS.

1,266,682. l Patented Mayv21,1918,

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I 1916.

.1 ,266,682. Patented May 21,1918.

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'starting Vconnections ,ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOHN 0. HEINZE COMPANY,

F SERINGFIELD, OHIO, vA. CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

STARTING AND LIGHTING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Ilatent.

Patented May 21, 191s.

Application led March 1, 1918. Serial No. 81,393.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN O. HEINZE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Starting and Lighting Systems, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in and lighting systems for automobiles, and it more particularly relates to a system especially adapted for that type of automobile known as the Ford, although features of the system are equally applicable to other machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a system of the character referred to which may be installed as a unit without material alteration in the machine to which it is applied so that the system may be readily installed on machines already in use, by automobile workmen of ordinary skill.

A ,further object of the invention is to provide a tw unit system which has a simple and elfective arrangement of driving between the starting motor, crank-shaft of the engine and generator. y

A further object of the invention is to provide a system of the character referred to which will be simple in its arrangement and effective in` its operation.

In .the Vaccompanying drawings Figure v1 is a front elevation of the sup'- port for the operating parts of the system. Fig.v 2 isa side elevation of the same. 'Fig'. 3 is a front elevation of the support with the operating parts connected therewith shown applied to a machine of the type referred to.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail in section of the fan connection. i 4 In the construction vof my system, I. em-v ploy a single bracket for supporting the operating parts so formed that it can be readily attached system is in which a Ford machine, simply. removing known as to the' machinelto which the to be applied. In the present case, the mechanism is shown app this is accomplished by l from the machine what is the casing for the timing gears f pling and the to lit lied t0- and distributer, the front hose connection to the water jacket of the engine, and the fan belt pulley on the crank shaft. The bracket, which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and designated generally by the reference character A, is preferably formed on the front and rear with strengthening ribs a and b respectively. At its upper end is an integrally formed coupling 1 for the exible connection for the cooling system, this coupling communicating with the water jacket. l The lower portion of the support is provided with an integrally formed housin 2 for the timer and in proximity thereto w't an integrally formed oil receptacle 3. The reference character 4 represents bolt holes for thereception of bolts for the purpose of securing the support at, the same points of attachment for the old distributer and timing gear casing, which is removed and discarded, and the same bolts, represented by 5 in Fig. 3, may be employed for the purpose, these bolts entering the engine casing B. Adjacent the water connection, the bracket is also provided with openings 6 which will coincide wlth the` openings 1n securing in place the old cousame bolts 7 may be employed the bracket in place at this of the bracket is recess 8 to allow ployed for forI securing point. The lower portion provided with a rounded over the crank ings 9 formed -in a forwardly extending flange 10 along the lower edge 'of the support provides means for attaching it to the lower half of the engine crank case by bolts 11; this point of attachment being also the same as that for the old discarded gear and distributer casing. The rear side of the bracket has a finished raised face, c, to fitl the upper portion of the crank casing of the engine.- By the construction thus far described it can be seen that this bracket support will be secured in position with no material Ialteration in the machine to which it is applied, the only change required being simply the discarding of the old casing, hose coupling and belt pulley referred to.

Before the bracket is installed, the operating parts are secured in their properl shaft'r and bolt open- Las@ with screwthreaded openings 13a and le respectively, to receive the ends of screw bolts 13b is@ which are inserted from the rear tl 'ongh the motor and generator casings resp ctively. Upon the forward portion of t support A is foi-ined a housing i9 and in 'this iionsing and secured to 'the generator' is a 20, Which, when the motor is started, is driven by a pinion 2l from the starting motor shaft. This pinion 2l forms part of a Well-known vdrive noW general use, the pinion being Weighted thi"L ded upon screw 22 which is loosely mounted and longitudinally movable upon the motor shaft 1T and revolubly connected therewith through the medium of a collar 24; secured to the motor shaft, a collar 25 secured to the screw, and a coil spring 26 connecting the two collars, as a result ci 'which the screw 22 may be allowed to move along the shaft by placing the spring 26 under tension until the pinion and gear are properly in mesh; it being understood that so soon as the `motor starts and the screwv thereby revolved the pinion 2l. being held 'from rotating by the Weight' thereof will ride along the screw until it becomes meshed with the gear and will thereafter rotate with the screw. Se soon as the engine starts and the gear 2G becomes the driving element, the pinion Will be rotated about the screw, whit is now at rest, and thrown out of mesh with the gear.

Secured to the generator shaft in front or" the gear 2 isa sprocket wheel 27 (shown in dotted lines in 3) about which passes a sprocket chain 28 which also passes about a sprocket Wheel 29 secured to the engine crank shaft 30 at the point Where the old fan belt pulley Was formerly placed, this pulley being discarded; this connection forming the means for starting the engine froml the motor and also for operating the generator after the engine started.

Also secured to the generator shaft in' front or" the sprocket 2i' is a pulley 3l about Which passes a belt 32 for the purpose of driving the fan 33 which is the same fan that Was originally installed, and the same bracket 34 which originally supported it is employed, this bracket being secured in position by one of the bolts 5 previously referred to. also in order that the fan belt may be located in a dii'ierent plane from the' chain 28, it has become necessary to attach to the fan shaft a separate pulley for the belt. This pulley is shown in detail in F ig. 5 and consistsl of tivo portions 35 and 35 Which are clamped to the old flat belt pul- ,ses

ley, indicated by 36, in such a way that the grooved portion of'the new pulley will lie forward of the grooved portion of the old pulley so that the new pulley may be brought in line with the pulley 3l on the generator shaft. An adjusting screw 38 threaded in aforwardly projecting lu'g 37 and bearing against the bracket 34 furnishes the means for adjusting the tension of the belt 32. l

By the construction described, it will be seen that a starting and lighting system for automobiles is provided which is sim le in its arrangement 'and construction an also one which can be installed as a unit; that is, all of the essential operating parts can be mounted on the supporting bracket 'and made ready for easy and quick installation, and by reason of the fact that these braclr-` ets can be secured to the machine at already established points oIn attachment, this ineures the proper relation of the driving parts relative to the crank shaft of the engine and enables the center points of all the driving parts being accurately iix'ed relative each other so that'np unusual adjustment is necessary in insta lation.

Having thus described my invention, E claim l 1. ln a system of the character described,

. the combination with an automobile engine and its crank shaft, of a main support, said support being provided with points of attachment corresponding to established.

points of attachment -in relation to said engine and its crank shaft, starting devices located on said support and a housing for said formed with said support.

2. In a system of the character-described, the combination with an automobile engine and its crank shaft, of a main support, said support being provided with points oi1 attachment corresponding to established points of attachment in relation to said' engine and its crank shaft, starting devices located on-said support comprising gears, a housing for said gears integrally formed With said support, and an integrally formed timing gear housing onsaid support.

3. ln a system of the character'described, the combination With an automobile engine and its crank shaft, of a main support, said. support being provided with points of attachment corresponding to established points of attachment in relation to said engine and its crank shaft, starting devices located on said support comprising gears, a housing for said gears integrally formed with said support, a second inte ally .formed housing on said support for timing gears, and an integrally formed oil recep tacle on said support.

a. ln a system of the character described,v the combination, with an automobile engine ist comprising gears, f gears integrallyl and its crank shaft, of a support provided ing and Water coupling also formedon said with points of attachment corresponding to support. 10

4orifinally'estabished pointsv ofnttaehment In testimony where I have hereunto set on sid'engine for a gear cover and Wate my hand this 25th day of February, 1916.

5 ooupjng a starting motor a generator an e fen located on said bmcket, driving de- JOHN 0 HEINZE vices for the crank shaft, generator and Witness:

ien also on said bracket; and a' timerhous- CEAS. T. WELCH. 

